perjantai 11. marraskuuta 2016

JD0171R (R for red) small 3-digit 7-segment voltmeter schematic

So yeah this one can be had for less than a dollar from aliexpress or similar in various display colors, mine was red. It was a 2-wire model but as can be seen from the schematic it is trivial to change it to 3-wire operation if needed (remove the SMD resistor with 0R on it and solder a wire).

This reverse engineering was done thinking i could maybe reuse the assembly and swap in a different MCU (this chip has no markings, and no obvious way to access it, thus i guess it is mask rom or similar), but it is being a bit of a challenge to find an MCU with a suitable pinout & package.

The other side of the PCB has the text SJ-DC028-AB and the 7-segment display says YU2?81BS (? = 3 or 8, not sure).

The ???-resistor was likely a resistor (hypotethically could have been a cap...), but i managed to destroy it when disassembling this, so no value known.
That resistor and the 180R resistors (made of a 4x pack and 4 individual ones, what) are between the PCB and the 7-segment. Rest of the components are accessible for fun and mods :P

Oh yeah and Vcc is 3.3V, the 0uF cap is a place for a cap, nothing installed.

1 kommentti:

  1. I know this is an old post, but I'm glad I found this information about that meter. I bought a bunch of these to use for a meter bridge to measure the bias voltage on my 1961 HH Scott 299B tube amplifier output tubes, which need to be set at 55 uA. This display goes to the needed two decimal points. Your information on converting them to three-wire meters is just what I needed to know.

    Thanks.

    Tom

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